Drew Barrymore has been quietly dealing with body insecurities and the trauma she’s endured was clearly revealed in a recent discussion.
On the recent episode of the drew barrymore show, The 51-year-old American actress and producer opened up about living with body insecurities for years after embracing motherhood.
For those unaware, Barrymore, who tied the knot with Will Kopelman in June 2012, welcomed her first child, a daughter, Olive Barrymore Kopelman, in September 2012, while her second child, a daughter, Frankie Barrymore Kopelman, arrived in April 2014.
Two years after the birth of their second child, the couple annulled their marriage in August 2016; However, they have a cordial co-parenting relationship.
Barrymore told her audience that she was afraid to wear “form-fitting clothes” due to body image issues since becoming a mother.
She said, “The other day, I was walking down the street — and I’ve had C-sections twice and I’m so broken down there that I’m permanently just…I can’t wear many different types of pants.”
Once again she could not suppress negative thoughts about her physical appearance as she walked around wearing a short shirt and was unable to keep her jacket close. “And I’m walking around and I was (thinking), I don’t want anyone to see this.”
Charlie’s Angels The star was trying hard to control her tears as she made the revelation, prompting her guest Don Benwood to come on stage to console her.
Benwood told her, “Listening to your story, I thought about how I felt walking down the street with my daughter two days ago on Sunday.”
“I completely understand it. And I have to tell you, I’m looking at you and all I see is just your beautiful hard work — I only know this because you told us, otherwise I wouldn’t have known — and you look fabulous,” she assured Barrymore.
It’s worth mentioning that despite dealing with self-consciousness, Drew Barrymore has been pushing herself beyond her limits and is working hard in her upcoming black comedy film outcome There is proof of this.
The film, which will be released on April 10, 2026, according to its synopsis, reads, “Hollywood star Reef is forced to confront his problems and atone for his past after being threatened by strange video footage from his past.”
Notably, along with Barrymore, the film stars Keanu Reeves, Martin Scorsese, Cameron Diaz, Jonah Hill, Susan Lucci and others.
